“I feel like there is a conflict of interest, because they are working on so many other projects. You get wrapped up in all the glamour and they say, ‘This one really has a good chance,’ which is what they tell everyone.” Dayna Steele photo illustration by Mark Ross, portrait by Jeanne Prejean

The Fight Over Good Christian Bitches

Milli Brown of Brown Books, who brought the world the novel that will soon be an ABC show, has been called an innovative businesswoman—and a manipulator who promises more than she delivers.

By Jay D. Johnson and Glenn HunterFrom D CEO January-February 2012 “I feel like there is a conflict of interest, because they are working on so many other projects. You get wrapped up in all the glamour and they say, ‘This one really has a good chance,’ which is what they tell everyone.” Dayna Steele photo illustration by Mark Ross, portrait by Jeanne Prejean

When Kim Gatlin’s GCB debuts soon on network TV, it’s unlikely they’ll pop any champagne corks at Milli Brown’s company—even though her Brown Books published the novel on which the ABC show is based.